James Luther Adams

James Luther Adams
Adams at Harvard in 1956
Born	(1901-11-12)November 12, 1901 Ritzville, Washington, US
Died	July 26, 1994(1994-07-26) (aged 92) Cambridge, Massachusetts, US
Spouse	Margaret Ann Young (m. 1927; died 1978)


Ecclesiastical career
Religion	Unitarian Universalism
Church	Unitarian Universalist Association
Ordained	1927




Academic background
Alma mater	University of Minnesota Harvard University University of Chicago
Thesis	Paul Tillich's Philosophy of Culture, Science, and Religion (1945)
Influences	Irving Babbitt Friedrich von Hügel Francis Greenwood Peabody Willard L. Sperry Paul Tillich Ernst Troeltsch Alfred North Whitehead
Academic work
Discipline	Theology
School or tradition	Theological liberalism
Institutions	Meadville Theological School Harvard University Andover Newton Theological School
Doctoral students	Harvey Cox Stephen Charles Mott
Influenced	Beverly Wildung Harrison Chris Hedges George Huntston Williams

James Luther Adams (November 12, 1901 – July 26, 1994), an American professor at Harvard Divinity School, Andover Newton Theological School, and Meadville Lombard Theological School, and a Unitarian parish minister, was the most influential theologian among American Unitarian Universalists in the 20th century.